In Hilarious Typo, New York Times Complains of "Crytpo" Miners

The New York Times came up with a new word this week.

It's unclear whether the new phrase should be pronounced "krit-po" or "crite-po," but social media users are having a blast.

One netizen joked "when your copyeditor is just an NFT of a copyeditor"

Clever Code

In this case the proof is in the bot code. The New New York Times is famous for its motto " all the news that's fit to print" and it was the bot that spotted the mistake.

The Times printed the word "deadass" for the first time in 2019.

A secondary automated account called NYTfirstsaid Context allows readers to know where the new word came from.

It was a funny mistake. The same can't be said for the allegations made in the story that the industry will continue to consume power unless new regulations are put in place.

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